I'm just wondering if there will be any changes to the 517 timetable. I noticed the online timetable shows the effective date is from April 22, 2012 to August 25, 2018. Then it shows August 26, 2018 for that day only which seems to be the normal Sunday timetable, so what's happening after that? As routes 517 & 566 change at Northland I have to assume that if there are any changes they will also apply to the 566 but the date for that route remains the same.

Richard1207 wrote:I'm just wondering if there will be any changes to the 517 timetable. I noticed the online timetable shows the effective date is from April 22, 2012 to August 25, 2018. Then it shows August 26, 2018 for that day only which seems to be the normal Sunday timetable, so what's happening after that? As routes 517 & 566 change at Northland I have to assume that if there are any changes they will also apply to the 566 but the date for that route remains the same.

Other than a review of runtimes, 517 & 566 now operate every 40 mins on Sundays, rather than every 55 mins. Strangely the 566 now starts just after 6am on Sundays, matching the Saturday span and starting service about 3 hours earlier than before for some sections. With the timetable built around meeting inbound trains at Greensborough on Sunday mornings, these early trips hardly offer usable connections at Lalor...

518 through St Helena West now runs Sundays as well, but still falls slightly short of minimum standards, finishing at 8pm and not starting before 6:30am weekdays.

A couple of the ex Reservoir Bus timetables are a little 'hit and miss' with this latest update...

*Route 555- has omitted the trips that run direct along High Street between Keon Park and Ruthven Stations (Northland bound) (whoops!)*Route 558- has the additional 16:00 ex Reservoir Station bus added. This operates on school days only... however that note is not mentioned.*Route 552- has the two afternoon Thornbury Darebin High School buses listed. These operate school days only but do not indicate this. One is an express service and the other isn't (can't remember which). However, both of these trips are incorrect.*Route 561- the arrival and departure times at Reservoir and Coburg on weekends are better reflected.

There maybe other changes on other routes, but these were the ones glaring at me!